Toy.



Y. T. AHERN.

APPLICATION mso APH. 1. 1911.

Patented May14,1918.

FRANK '1'. Annan,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FERDINAND STRAUSS, OF

YONKERS, NEW YORK.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Application led April 7, 1917. Serial No. 160,376.

In combination with the representationV of a gun or cannon means are provided whereby the report of the rapid firing of the gun can be imitated while the toy is being propelled. The gun or cannon is provided with a plunger by which means small articles such as marbles, balls of paper, etc., can be fired or expelledtherefrom at the will of the child.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will point out in the appended claim reference being had to the accompanying drawl ing forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved toy, certain parts being shown in elevation, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof..

As herein embodied, my invention consists of a carriage or frame-members 3 and 4 through which a rotatable -axle 5 passes said axle carrying wheels 6 and 7. To the carriage or frame-members 3 and 4:, I pivotally secure at 8 the barrel 9 which represents the barrel of a cannon. The barrel 9 is provided with a bore 10 within which I locate a longitudinally movable plunger 11, which is surrounded by a spring l2 adapted to be compressed when the plunger 11 is pulled toward the left in Fig. 1. When the plunger is released, after having been pulled toward the left, thereby compressing the spring 12, the reaction or expanding of the spring will force the thereby expelling any article which has plunger to the right, v

bleen placed in the barrel through the muzz e 13.

Upon the axle 5, I place a disk 14 having outwardly projecting teeth 15, to provide recesses 16, against which a yieldable tongue 17 bears. One end of the tongue 17 is rigidly secured to the carriage members as at 18; the other end of said tongue is free to brush against the teeth l5 and to be forced or snapped into the recesses by the spring action of the tongue 17. The tongue is preferably made of wood, as is the disk 15, but other material could be used.

When the device is pushed or pulled, the wheels 6, and axle 5, will rotate as will also the toothed disk 15. While the disk is revolving, the tongue 17 will be rapidly raised and lowered, in other words, the teethlG -will raise the tongue which will snap into the recesses, and against the tooth 16 thereunder, thereby creating a report not unlike the report of a rapid firing gun. In order that ahandle can be attached to the toy, I provide an opening 19 to receive it.

What I claim is:

In a device of the kind described, in combination, a carriage consisting of a iat base portion, a pair of laterally spaced triangular frame members integrally. formed upon said flat base portion of said carriage, an axle passing through the lower front ends of said frame members, a cannon barrel mounted between the upper front ends of said frame members, a star wheel fixed upon said axle between said frame members, a

pair of wheels secured to. the free ends of said axle for rotating the latter, and a yieldable elongated tongue, having one end fixedly secured within said flat base portion, said tongue extending longitudinally between said frame members and engaging the teeth of said star wheel.

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 6th day of April, 1917.

FRANK T. AHERN. Witnesses:

ALBERT A. LUsTIG, MAURICE BLOCK. 

